WLKY's Lexy Scheen traveled to Bardstown, Kentucky for this week's edition of Small Town Sunday.

WLKY's Lexy Scheen traveled to Bardstown, Kentucky for this week's edition of Small Town Sunday.

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Updated: 1:20 PM EDT Jul 13, 2014

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WEBVTT BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA" W-L-K-Y'S LEXY SCHEEN TAKES US TO BARDSTOWN KENTUCKY IN THIS WEEK'S "SMALL TOWN SUNDAY." LEXY LOOKLIVE: THERE'S ABOUT 12- THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR AROUND BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY MAKING IT THE BIGGEST SMALL TOWN WE'VE VISITED SO FAR. BUT BARDSTOWN RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE TOWN IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.. ONE MAGAZINE EVEN CALLS IT "AMERICA'S FAVORITE TOWN." cast of "the Stephen Foster Story" singing "my Old Kentucky Home. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME TAKES ON MORE THAN ONE MEETING IN BARDSTOWN, KENUTCKY. FROM THE STATE PARK IN TOWN. TO A LONG RUNNING PLAY ABOUT THE ICONIC SONG'S COMPOSER. nats of song "oh,susanna!" "THE STEPHEN FOSTER STORY" PLAY HAS BEEN RUNNING EVERY SUMMER IN THIS OUTDOOR AMPITHEATER FOR 56 YEARS. THE SHOW IS PART OF THE TOWNS HISTORY. AND COSTUME DESIGNER, SI ARNOLD, IS PART OF THE PLAY'S HISTORY. this is my fiftieth year 'did you ever think this would be a 50 year project?' never! Never, laughs WITH A CAST OF NEARLY 50 PEOPLE - SI HAS HER WORK CUT OUT FOR HER.. I like designing. It's fun. I do not like to sew, laughs THIS GROUP ENTERTAINS UP TO 15-HUNDRED VISITORS, 6 NIGHTS A WEEK -- JUNE THROUGH MID-AUGUST. TEACHING ABOUT BARDSTOWN'S HISTORY THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1700'S. 1780 when it wasn't even called Bardstown, it was called Salem but people called it "bard's town." because mister bard had laid it out and planned it :38 so that's how it got it's name DIXIE HIBBS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN BARDSTOWN POLITICS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS SHE SAYS, OER THE YEARS, BARDSTOWN HAS GROWN.. JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT. we're far enough away to not have the problems of the big cities but close enough for the advantages ONE OF AMERICA'S "BEST SMALL TOWNS." "VISITOR ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR. AND "AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL TOWN SQUARE" ARE JUST A FEW OF THE AWARDS THIS NELSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HAS RACKED UP -- DEEMING THIS TOWN "IRRESISTABLE." we can serve you liquid spirit, religious spirit or ghostly spirit so you have all 3 spirit hospitalities here in bardstown IT'S THE HOSPITALITY THAT BARDSTOWN RESIDENTS BELIEVE REALLY SETS THEM APART. there's one word that makes bardstown so special. People THE PEOPLE AND HOSPITALITY IS WHAT BROUGHT STORE OWNER CATHERINE CLEMENTS BACK HOME AFTER A FEW YEARS AWAY. I wanted to raise my family here, yes, :15 and I just, Bardstown is close to everything. You can be to Louisville in 45 minutes and to Lexington in an hour :22 we're centrally located and it's just a wonderful place to live FOR VISITORS -- SHE'S ALWAYS GIVING ADVICE ON WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO SEE. we draw from a wide regional area, elizabethtown, springfield, lebanon, campblesville and even louisville and lexington. Bardstown has become known for a shopping destination IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE FIVE-START TREATMENT EVERYWHERE YOU GO HERE -- DIXIE.. WANTS TO KNOW. being hospitable is just like breathing :20 if you don't feel welcome in bardstown you need to let me know so we can find out who disrespected you and see if we can do something about that LEXY SCHEEN, WLKY NEWS. BECAUSE OF BARDSTOWN'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN KENTUCKY HISTORY, NEXT WEEK WE'LL FEATURE "PART 2." WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON WHY BARDSTOWN IS THE "BOURBON CAPITOL OF THE WORLD." IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN FIND MORE VIDEO FROM OUR SMALL TOWN SUNDAY TRIP AT W-L-K-Y-DOT-COM

Bardstown takes pride in small town hospitality

WLKY's Lexy Scheen traveled to Bardstown, Kentucky for this week's edition of Small Town Sunday.